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The Jewish Manumission Inscriptions of the Bosporus Kingdom Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism Texte und Studien zum Antiken Judentum Edited by Martin Hengel und Peter Schäfer 75 E. Leigh Gibson The Jewish Manumission Inscriptions of the Bosporus Kingdom Mohr Siebeck E. Leigh Gibson, born 1966; 1987 B.A. in Religion at Princeton University; 1995 M.A. at Princeton University; 1997 Ph.D. at Princeton University; since 1997 Assistant Professor at the Department of Religion, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio. Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einheitsaufnahme Gibson, E. Leigh: The Jewish manumission inscriptions of the Bosporus kingdom / E. Leigh Gibson. - Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, 1999 (Texts and studies in ancient Judaism; 75 ) ISBN 3-16-147041-9 © 1999 by J. C. B. Möhr (Paul Siebeck), P. O. Box 2040,72010 Tubingen. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, in any form (beyond that permitted by copyright law) without the publisher's written permission. This applies particularly to reproductions, translations, microfilms and storage and processing in electronic systems. The book was printed by Guide Druck in Tübingen on non-aging paper from Papierfabrik Weissenstein in Pforzheim and bound by Heinr. Koch in Tübingen. Printed in Germany. ISSN 0721-8753 Preface The completion of this project affords the welcome opportunity to thank publicly those individuals and institutions that have provided me with in- valuable assistance in completing this project. I owe a tremendous debt to my long-term advisors at Princeton Univer- sity, Martha Himmelfarb and John Gager. When I was an undergraduate, they fostered my interest in the study of ancient religion, and during my graduate studies they patiently oversaw the transformation of that interest into a vocation. For the example of their scholarship, their pedagogy, their unfailing encouragement, and their friendship, I am extraordinarily grate- ful. Ted Champlin joined them in directing the dissertation on which this monograph is based. His comments and critiques concerning chapter 3 were especially valuable. I thank all three of them for their willingness to move beyond their traditional areas of expertise and to engage themselves in this material with enthusiasm and interest. I am also indebted to Oberlin College, both to the Office of the Dean of the College and to the Research and Development Committee, whose financial support enabled me to com- plete the revision of the dissertation in a timely fashion. Finally, I grate- fully acknowledge Peter Schäfer and Martin Hengel's acceptance of this monograph in their series. To Bob McLennan, Andy Overman, and Doug Edwards, directors of the Black Sea Project, I owe my introduction to the Bosporus region and the Jewish manumission inscriptions. Brent Shaw read chapter 3 and provided invaluable feedback on a range of materials. David Stern read chapter 4 and offered welcome guidance. Ben Wright shared a forthcoming publica- tion that proved helpful to that same chapter. Ross Kraemer and Pieter van der Horst read a paper on which chapter 6 is based, and each provided valuable advice and encouragement at an early stage of this project. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company graciously granted permission to reprint many of Irina Levinskaya's important new editions of the Bospo- ran inscriptions This project has taken me beyond my own language capabilities, and I am indebted to several individuals who helped me access key materials. Gonda van Steen and Demi Andrianou lent their expertise in Modern Greek, translating important articles by Petsas. To David Friedel and, es- VI Preface pecially, Gabriella Safran, I owe heartfelt thanks for the care with which they translated the Russian and Polish materials cited throughout this monograph. They both showed tremendous patience and care in the prepa- ration of this material, which often included highly technical philological and epigraphic analysis. Larry Kim tutored me in Italian and also provided expert research assistance. I also extend my thanks to the staff of Princeton University's Firestone Library, especially Mary George, Sandy Rosen- stock, and Jochen Twele, who cheerfully and expertly helped me to locate obscure materials. Abigail Winograd's editorial expertise has greatly im- proved the text and I humbly acknowledge her contribution. Needless to say, any errors that remain are entirely my own. Finally, I acknowledge my deepest debt—to Andrew Strauss. At every stage of this project, he has offered sage criticism, editorial wisdom, tech- nical expertise, and, above all, loving support. Contents Preface V Translations, Sigla, and Abbreviations IX Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Material Evidence in the Study of Greco-Roman Judaism 3 The Identification of Jewish Inscriptions 5 Part I: The Context Chapter 2: The Bosporan Region: An Introduction 14 A Historical Sketch of the Bosporan Kingdom 15 Evidence of Hellenism 17 The Jewish Presence in the Bosporus 21 Chapter Summary 28 Chapter 3 : Greek Traditions of Manumission 30 A Taxonomy of Greek Manumissions 31 Sacral Manumissions 36 The Motivation behind the Manumission Inscription 49 Chapter Summary 55 Chapter 4: Judaism, Slavery, and Manumission 56 Historiography 56 Biblical Instruction on Slavery and Manumission 62 Jewish Manumission Inscriptions from Outside the Bosporus 66 Greco-Roman Jewish Literature on Slavery and Manumission 72 Chapter Summary 92 Vili Contents Part II: The Bosporan Manumissions Chapter 5: An Overview of the Bosporan Manumissions 96 The Corpus of Inscriptions 98 The Pagan Manumissions 101 Chapter Summary 108 Chapter 6: The "Most High God" Manumissions 109 The Opening Invocation 109 The Date 112 The Emancipation 113 The Ongoing Obligations 117 The Oaths 118 The Oversight 118 Chapter Summary 121 Chapter 7: The Synagogue Manumissions 124 The Date 124 The Emancipation 125 The Ongoing Obligations 134 The Oversight 150 Chapter Summary 150 Chapter 8: Conclusion 153 Appendix: Texts and Translations 159 Bibliography 173 Index 189 Index of Ancient Sources 189 Index of Modern Authors 193 Index of Subjects 195 Translations, Sigla, and Abbreviations Unless otherwise stated, biblical translations are from the Revised Stan- dard Version; Mishnah translations are from Herbert Danby, trans., The Mishnah (London: Oxford University Press, 1938); the Babylonian Talmud translations are from I. Epstein, ed., Hebrew-English Edition of the Baby- lonian Talmud, trans. Maurice Simon (London: Soncino Press, 1963); the Palestinian Talmud translations are from Jacob Neusner, The Talmud of the Land of Israel: A Preliminary Translation and Explanation, Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism, ed. William Scott Green and Calvin Goldscheider (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982- ); the Sifra translations are from Jacob Neusner, Sifra: An Analytical Translation, Brown Judaic Studies (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1988); the Sifre transla- tions are from Reuven Hammer, Sifre: A Tannaitic Commentary on the Book of Deuteronomy, Yale Judaica Series, vol. 24 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986); the Mekhilta translations are from Jacob Z. Lau- terbach, Mekilta: de-Rabbi Ishmael: A Critical Edition on the Basis of Manuscripts and Early Editions with an English Translation, Introduction, and Notes, 3 vols. (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1933-50); and the translations of classical texts are from their Loeb Classical Library editions. Translations of inscriptions are my own unless otherwise noted. No attempt has been made to bring the various systems of annotation employed by the editors of the many inscriptions cited here in line with one another, as such a project would be tantamount to providing new edi- tions of the inscriptions. Readers interested in such a level of detail are urged to consult the editions cited for each Greek inscription. Two works have provided the bulk of the inscriptions, however: CIRB and Irina A. Levinskaya and S. R. Tokhtas'ev, "Inscriptions from the Bosporan King- dom," in Irina A. Levinskaya, The Book of Acts in Its Diaspora Setting, The Book of Acts in Its First Century Setting, vol. 5 (Grand Rapids: Wil- liam B. Eerdmans, 1996), 227-46. The sigla system of the latter is more refined than that employed by the editors of the CIRB. For the convenience of the reader, I include a chart below comparing the major sigla systems used by each set of editors. X Translations, Sigla, and Abbreviations Levinskaya and Tokhtas 'ev CIRB () encloses the resolution of an abbreviation () [ ] encloses a restoration [ ] < > encloses a letter mistakenly omitted on the () stone and added by the editor {} encloses a superfluous letter < > r 1 encloses a correction by the editor () Table 1. Sigla Abbreviations follow the Journal of Biblical Literature standard, with the following additions: CII Jean-Baptiste Frey, ed., Corpus inscriptionum iudaicarum: Recueil des inscriptions juives qui vont du Hie siècle avant Jésus-Christ au Vile siècle de notre ère (Rome: Pontificio istituto di archeologia cristiana, 1936 and 1952). CIRB Vasili Vasilevich Struve et al., eds., Corpus inscriptionum regni Bosporani (Leningrad: Akademia nauk SSSR, Institut istorii, 1965). CPJ Victor Tcherikover and Alexander Fuks, Corpus papyrorum judaicarum (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1957, 1960, 1964). FD École française d'Athènes, Fouilles de Delphes (Paris: Boccard, 1902- ). IC M. Guarducci, ed., Inscriptiones creticae (Rome: Libreria dello Stato, 1935— 50). IG Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Inscriptiones graecae (Berlin: Walterde Gruyter, 1873- ). IOSPE Vasilii V. Latyschev, ed., Inscriptiones antiquae
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